A Brooklyn-based indie rock band fronted by Peter Silberman, who independently released two full-length albums before joining with drummer Michael Lerner and keyboardist Darby Cicci. In 2008, the band released two EPs, entitled Cold War and New York Hospitals. A year later, they would sign to French Kiss Records and release the critically acclaimed Hospice, a concept album revolving around a man falling in love with a dying patient in a cancer ward.